• Nine One One, One One

    Every single remembrance of nine eleven that I have ever read, I swear, begins with a description of the sky.  Clear.  Blue.  Perfect.  Cloudless.  Cerulean.  We expected some kind of warning.  Mother Nature’s failure…

  • That Other One

    He is up to my knee already.  I used to lay him across my forearm – bum in palm, head in the crook of my elbow, nuzzled in close and sleeping.  That seems…

  • Expletive Deleted, As This Is A Family Blog

    Dear Tropical Storm Lee, I hate you. Signed, Me ******************************************************* I was supposed to fly to NC today, to join my sisters and mother on a fun jaunt in Brevard.  Instead, I’m stuck…

  • Jack and Me and Doctors

    I want to begin training for October’s half marathon, but I’m forcing myself to wait until I’ve been to the neurological clinic about my broken back.  That appointment is this Thursday.  Also this…